1 Chapter 1: Mizuki ready to die

In the darkness, many beautiful rays of light flickered from time to time, occasionally flashing across and lighting up the void, giving off an incredible sense of mystery, which also gave one the feeling of intoxication.

The sense of time was unreliable in this space. I don't know how long had passed. Gradually, there appears to be a little noise in the void, the sound was irritating like a ringing that wouldn't go away. Suddenly, a little starlight quickly approached and expanded, swallowing everything before I could react, and then a sudden sinking sensation hit. In the panic, I quickly stabilized my body.

Currently, I felt a hand stretch out to support my body that was falling forward, and then I heard a voice: "Mizuki, are you okay, you seem exhausted, do you need to rest?"

I slowly started opening my eyes, and I couldn't help but reply, "Mizuki? Are you talking to me? That's really an unpleasant name."

With my left hand dragging my chin, I started rubbing my eyes, pressed my temples, slowly dispelling my sleepiness, and calmly replied, "Thank you, I've been having a few blank moments lately. Huh?" I looked at the man who had just helped me in surprise, "Are you Iruka?"

Iruka replied with a smile: "Mizuki, it appears that you are so tired that you can't even tell who I am. You dozed off just now, if I hadn't helped you, your head would have hit the table, hahaha. After a pause, he then asked me: "Would you like to take a break first? There aren't many students anyway, so it won't take long."

I looked around and tried to be as calm as I could in this inconceivable situation, "No need, hurry and finish the test, Hokage-sama is still waiting for the report. Anyway, the test isn't difficult, and it'll be over soon."

Iruka seemed to be thinking about it and said, "Then let's go to the exam." After sorting out the form in his hand, he shouted to the door: "Next~"

My face couldn't help but scrunch up, Why are you shouting so loudly? It's so noisy.

After coming to, I sorted out his confused thoughts, I was just in a taxi taking a nap for a minute, that was when I was Shuimu. It seems that I don't have the life of a protagonist. In my past life, I was a mediocre white-collar worker. I resigned after work wasn't going well, but I couldn't find a new job for a long time. I finally decided to go out for a walk and relax, but I didn't expect to cross over to another world. Was there a car accident or what? I'm not impressed at all. It's not cool at all. If I didn't keep calm and watched my reactions, I wouldn't have fooled Iruka. I wonder what happened, how did I get here

Just as I was about to go deeper in thought, a blond little devil walked in with a few weird whiskers on his face. It was Naruto Uzumaki, the child of prophecy. It looks like I crossed over when the story was about to start, and not too far from when the original Mizuki was about to die.

Naruto walked to the center of the examination room with an uneasy expression and looked at Iruka nervously. After seeing Naruto getting ready, Iruka said to Naruto: "Naruto, we can start when you're ready. Passing the exam requires at least one perfect clone." Seeing Naruto getting nervous, he started comforting him:" The clone Jutsu is one of the simplest Jutsu's, as long as you do what your teachers told you"

Naruto seemed to be frustrated: "But why is it the clone Jutsu, why is it that I am the worst when it comes to it? It's a weak Jutsu." After complaining about a while, he shouted, "clone jutsu ". And a limp body emerged from the chakra smoke. Naruto looked at Iruka as if he had lost all hope.

And here Iruka couldn't help but showcase his disappointment, "Failed." He said as saliva flew out of his mouth.

I couldn't help but feel a well of emotions as I looked at this familiar scene, and couldn't help but touch my face, as the spittle flew at it,' is it my turn to say something? What's my line? Damn, I have to hurry and think about a way to save myself… From what I know of Mizuki, it wouldn't be like him to stay quiet and not say something.

I turned my head towards Iruka: "Hey Iruka, Naruto has at least one avatar. Even though it's the worst possible clone, it can be considered qualified, right?" It was as if a pin dropped and Iruka couldn't help but look at me with surprises

But he then shook his head," That's not considered passing Mizuki, everyone has to have at least three clones. Naruto only has one, and it's not a very useful one. Ninjas won't be fooled with a simple clone like that, you know it and I know it".

Hearing the refusal, I could only apologetically look at Naruto, who was in despair, repeating a mantra of self-doubt.

Watching Naruto leave out depressed, I thought about what to do later. The next set of events in my memory ended up with me dying, but I'm lacking a way to deal with it. Just because I haven't got Naruto to steal the Scroll of seals doesn't mean I'm safe. Mizuki wasn't a good guy, not only did he betray Konoha, he got caught doing it.

Looking at the influx of memories coming in, during a mission one of Mizuki's teammates got injured and Mizuki ended up killing him to complete the mission. When he came back, he reported that the teammate died due to poisoning. Fortunately, Konoha noticed something later, which led to his denial of the academy instructor. Though he ended up getting it, when he heard the reason for why he was denied so long his hatred for Konoha grew.

Adding on to the fact that Iruka the one he looked down on was on the same level as him his heart could help but grow more hateful.

It ended like that, ninjas are cold-hearted people even though what the previous Mizuki did was wrong it wasn't on the level of betraying the village. Just a while back, Sakumo gave up his mission to save his teammates but was forced to commit suicide, even his teammates didn't understand him. I'm in the ninja world, many agree with Mizuki's behavior. Unfortunately, in this era, the Hokage proceeded with his will of fire brainwashing.

But even in the worst case, the punishment wouldn't be heavy. A certain Hyuga member in a mission killed all his teammates because of a dispute over food, but only ended up being locked up, he was served delicious food and drinks even in prison. In the following years, the world would be thrown upside down. It might be a good thing to go to prison for a few years, wait for the war to end, and then live a peaceful life.

As a high-grade chunin, living a peaceful life wouldn't be a problem, not to mention that he already has a fiancée who loved him, Chie Tsubaki, who was a beautiful woman. Adding on to the fact I didn't cross over with any special abilities, avoiding certain events altogether is smart, and doing that while being under the protagonist's halo is smarter, But for now, this is an unattainable dream.

Mizuki still has an unclear relationship with Orochimaru. With him involved, Danzo, who's hiding in the dark, must be watching every action I've made so far, I'm already on a boat sailing out to see I can't just jump out.

I was knocked out of thought by Iruka as he stretched and gently knocked the sorted paper on the table a few times. "Mizuki, I'm really bothering you today. If you're not feeling well, go back home early, Please let me help if I can, after all, you've helped me to ~"

I waved my hands quickly, "It's no problem, you don't have to worry too much." I reached out and took the forms Iruka handed over, "Okay, Iruka, hurry and go see your lovely students. After graduating, you won't be able to see them every day. Haha,~ I'll go and report this to the Third Hokage since most of these students are clan heirs.

"That's right." Iruka couldn't help but sighed: "I didn't expect the next generation of Ino-Shika-Cho, inuzuka, Hyuga, aburame, and the last of the Uchiha to be graduating this year ."

"It must have been hard for you, Iruka, hehe." I said while absently thinking about how to survive my current situation: "Then I won't say more, I'll be going first, see you after school."

"See you later."

After saying goodbye to Iruka, I went directly to Hokage's office, knocked on the door, and said loudly; "Mizuki Hayato with a report"

"Come in." An old voice full of anger came from behind the door.

I pushed the door and walked in, closed them then bowed and said, "Third Hokage-sama, the graduation exams are all over. The exam results have been written, please take a look."

"Bring it up." As soon as I finished speaking, a masked ninja appeared in front of me, took the documents in hand, checked it, and presented it to the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage took over the document, and while flipping through it, he asked unhurriedly, "What was the assessment for the exam?"

"The clone Jutsu, the body flicker jutsu and transformation Jutsu Hokage-sama."

"Oh, the three-body technique." His tone was noncommittal, "What was the result?"

"Except Naruto Uzumaki, everyone else passed"

"Hmmm?" Sandaime couldn't help but stop when he heard the name.

Seeing that the third Hokage stop, I kept on speaking "The Jutsu happened to be the ninjutsu that Naruto is the worst at. And even though the clone wasn't up to par I think it can be regarded as a pass, but Iruka disagrees. he insisted on ruling Naruto Uzumaki as unqualified." Maybe just maybe I might have the possibility of escaping tonight, "are we to rule it as pas or a fail" I said while looking at the Third Hokage's reaction.

The third Hokage thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No need, keep it how it is. " Putting down the report, he then instructed me to leave: "You go down first, and I will go to the ninja school to take a look later."

"Yes, Hokage." I could only leave in resignation.

"It seems that the opportunistic approach won't work, I have to find another way~ It seems that the someone has already arranged everything, and is just waiting for a clown like me to play my part"

It seems impossible to control my destiny. It seems that the key to breaking the game has to be found as soon as possible. As long as I live past today, in a few months, Orochimaru will attack the Chunin exam venue. All the chaos, plus the months of preparation I would have won, should be enough for me to leave Konoha alive. During all that chaos they shouldn't be considering a background character. The key is living past tonight.

Originally, Mizuki was going to steal the book of seals as a gift for Orochimaru, so he used Naruto's graduation exam as an opportunity but he didn't expect it to go left.

If we think about it, the scroll of seals that stores forbidden Justus was stolen by a Naruto who wasn't even a ninja, and who then happens to learn the multi-shadow clone jutsu which fit him perfectly, while being incapable of doing even a normal clone jutsu. No matter how you look at it somebody planned this, and Mizuki was used as a tool

While I was busy thinking of countermeasures the third Hokage arrived at the Academy and met with the graduates and the parents who came to pick up their children. It was a lively scene.

I couldn't help but be drawn to the scene of a depressed Naruto in the distance on the swings alone, enduring the whispers, as he pulled down his goggles and covered his tearful eyes.

"Where Konoha falls, Fire will ignite, after the smoke clears, Konoha will sprout again~" Turning my head I looked at the Hokage who was talking to the students and their parents, majestic yet kind, for a long time. With his prestige and contagious demeanor, it was easy to win people's hearts. then a thought hit me 'Maybe my future depends on the kindness of the Hokage to save my life. Konoha's spirit of promoting love and justice is the reason why he has come this far,'

"However, the feeling of entrusting my fate to others, this feeling of powerlessness is disgusting!" Even so, I had to deal with Naruto and fulfill my part in this string of destiny. ' Theirs no way I can avoid the working of fate in this short time frame but if I can't pass this test, there will be no future.' Thinking of this, after firming my thoughts, I went straight to Naruto. "The story is about to begin, I'm ready, how about you? Child of prophecy, I hope you like this fateful gift~"

TRANSLATOR NOTE: What's up guys I know I've been gone for a while now a year and like two months, thank you for those who've been patient with me, this last year it's been a lot on my plate but it was a good year all together I ended up being All county Kicker and Punter for football 2nd in my county, first in my region and 12th in my state for wrestling, ended up playing baseball we they ended up being division champs and ended up playing lacrosse being the second top scorer on the team. Academically during Covid my GPA dropped so the entire year that has been my goal to get it up, for every quarter I ended up getting a 3.3 gpa or higher getting my cumulative back to 3.0, it's been a lot on my plate but I enjoyed my year but now I'm back to Webnovel and I chose to start this year fresh with a new book I'll definitely continue the old ones my minds just not ready for continuing Dimensional restaurant that shit still annoying like hell wtf was I thinking, so I picked up one that was easy to translate and here we are. I hope you enjoy my first chapter and as always let me know Watchu think I'm the comments and stay tuned I don't know my updating schedule but before I start releasing on a daily I gotta have 10+ chapters in storage. But yeah I hope all you lovely readers have been straight and enjoy this book with me